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+<project>
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.apache.maven.repository</groupId>
+  <artifactId>maven-repository-manager</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+  <name>Maven Repository Manager</name>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <description>
+    The Maven Repository Manager is an application for managing one or more remote repositories, including administration, artifact handling,
+    browsing and searching.
+  </description>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org/repository-manager</url>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>jira</system>
+    <url>http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MRM</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>continuum</system>
+    <notifiers>
+      <notifier>
+        <configuration>
+          <address>commits@maven.apache.org</address>
+        </configuration>
+      </notifier>
+    </notifiers>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven User List</name>
+      <subscribe>users-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>users-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>users@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-users</archive>
+      <otherArchives>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.mail-archive.com/users@maven.apache.org/</otherArchive>
+        <otherArchive>http://www.nabble.com/Maven---Users-f178.html</otherArchive>
+      </otherArchives>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven Developer List</name>
+      <subscribe>dev-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>dev@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Maven Commits List</name>
+      <subscribe>commits-subscribe@maven.apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>commits-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>commits@maven.apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/maven-dev</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>Apache Announce List</name>
+      <subscribe>announce-subscribe@apache.org</subscribe>
+      <unsubscribe>announce-unsubscribe@apache.org</unsubscribe>
+      <post>announce@apache.org</post>
+      <archive>http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>brett</id>
+      <name>Brett Porter</name>
+      <email>brett@apache.org</email>
+      <organization>ASF</organization>
+      <roles>
+        <role>PMC Member</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>+10</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/repository-manager/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/repository-manager/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/maven/repository-manager/trunk</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+    <url>http://www.apache.org/</url>
+  </organization>
+  <build>
+    <pluginManagement>
+      <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+          <configuration>
+            <tagBase>https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/maven/repository-manager/tags</tagBase>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+      </plugins>
+    </pluginManagement>
+  </build>
+  <modules>
+  </modules>
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Repository</name>
+      <url>http://cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <releases>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </releases>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Repository</name>
+      <url>http://cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-container-default</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-8</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.4</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-provider-api</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-5</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-5</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-file</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-5</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-http-lightweight</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-alpha-5</version>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+  <distributionManagement>
+<!--
+    <repository>
+      <id>repo1</id>
+      <name>Maven Central Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://repo1.maven.org/home/projects/maven/repository-staging/to-ibiblio/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
+-->
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+      <name>Apache Development Repository</name>
+      <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/cvs.apache.org/maven-snapshot-repository</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <site>
+      <id>website</id>
+      <url>scp://minotaur.apache.org/www/maven.apache.org/repository-manager/</url>
+    </site>
+  </distributionManagement>
+  <reporting>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <!-- TODO: should work, even if there are no sources -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>changelog-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>taglist-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+<!-- TODO: needs to be adjusted for the "not a java project" case
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jxr-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jdepend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>surefire-report-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-clover-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+-->
+    </plugins>
+  </reporting>
+</project>
+